Roads: Lighting
Communities and Local Government
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent, Independent)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) energy usage and (b) expenditure of the installation of environmentally-friendly LED street lights.
Dan Norris (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Wansdyke, Labour)
I have been asked to reply.
No analysis has been carried out specifically to estimate the energy usage and cost of LED street lighting. However, DEFRA is in the process of updating its 2008 consultation on sustainable products. The consultation is published via the Government's Market Transformation Programme and more information is available on its website at:
The updated paper includes a section on the energy efficiency of street and traffic lighting and will be published shortly for consultation.
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Ken Brookman
Posted on 4 Nov 2009 12:41 pm (Report this annotation)
Nice to know that. But what about the "LIGHTS ON" campaign just held in the constituency of my MP after members of his party were forced to do a UUUU turn on the councils plans to switch off lights in the bourough.. Has he passed on this information on the installation of environmentally-friendly LED street lights to his mates on the council?